GRE Word List
CONSANGUINITY
the quality or state of being consanguineous
The meaning of the word consanguinity is the quality or state of being consanguineous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |